Section 144-400-2-4 - Assignment of earnings (22 MRSA 3817)A. When available. FIR may collect an overpayment at any time by completing an assignment of earnings with the obligor.B. Payor duty. An employer or other payor of income shall honor an assignment of earnings the same way as an income withholding order. An assignment of earnings is effective until released by FIR in writing. Income withheld from an obligor under the provisions of an assignment of earnings must be sent to the department within 10 days of withholding.C. Payor notice. When FIR sends an assignment of earnings to an employer or other payor of income, FIR shall include the same instructions and notices required for an income withholding order under section 2, subsection D (page 6).10- 144 C.M.R. ch. 400, § 2-4